Improvement in neck-tie holders



JOHN 0. SCHOENER.

lmprqvement in Necktie Holders.

No.124,164. Patented Feb.27, 1872.

WITNESSES! X INVENTORI e/oim 9/52/1001? @MQW * STATES JOHN O. SGHOENER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-TIE HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,164, dated February 27, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN 0. Sononnnn, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Neck-Tie Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and true description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of this invention is to form a cheap, durable, and readily-applied fastening device to secure cravats and neck-ties to the collar or collar button. The fastening de vice consists of a wire spring formed with a coil to engage with the body of the tie, the one end of said coil being formed into a loop suitable to loop the collar-button, the other end formed so as to pin, or be eyeleted or extended to engage over the top of the body of the tie, thus securing the tie in proper position to the collar, and as now will more fully appear.

To enable those herein skilled to make and use my said improvement, I will now more fully describe the same, referring to- Figures 1,3,4, 5, 6, 7, as back or inside views, respectively, of my improved neck-tie holder, with its different-formed modifications; while Fig. 2 represents simply a top plan of Fig. 1.

A is the body of a neck-tie. The neck-tie holder is formed of suitable thread or wire spring. The wire is formed with a coil, B, one end of said coil being extended and formed into a loop, b, fitted to engage or loop the collar-button or stud, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, 6, and 7. To fasten the coil B, its opposite end is made to terminate in a simple pin-point, 11 as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Further, the pin-point is somewhat bent to incline inward to its coil, (see Fig. 2,) to achieve a greater tension of spring and a more secure fastening of the pin -point, when the same is passed through the body A.

Different modifications of securing the necktie device to the collar, as well as to the body of the tie, can be formed, as follows: Instead of securing to the button, the end I) of the coil can be bent to form a hook, 11 which is to be inserted so as to hook the collar, as indicated in Fig. 3. Also, to avoid the adjustment of the coil in fastening the device to the body A, the end I) of said coil can be extended and bent into one or more angles, [1 fitted to engage or loop one or more buttons, as shown in Fig. 5. In order to adapt the neck-tie holder to the different sizes ofneck-tie bodies, the end b of the coil B can be bent in the curved-spring form bf shown in Figs. 4 and 7, the spring I) terminating with a hook, I), to be inserted over the top edge of the body A, and as clearly indicated in said figures. It will be noticed that the adjustability of the spring I) readily enables the operator to extend or adjust the spring device to accommodate larger or smallersized bodies of neck-ties, and thus to fasten the coil B in relative position to permit its loop end to enga ge= the collar-button. In Fig. 6 the end b ot the coil is secured by an eyelet to the bodyA. A self-disengagement of the necktie holder from the button is prevented, the device by its flexibility and tension readily adjusting itself to accommodation.

The'application of device is readily apparent, and in its use avoidingthe inconveniences and expenses incurred in the use of ordinary fastening devices.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- I claim a necktie fastening, consisting of a wire bent to form a hook at one end, and at the other coiled into a spring, near which it is secured to the retainer, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony of said invention I have hereunto set my hand in presence of-- JOHN O. SOHOENER.

Witnesses:

\VILLIAM H. HERTHEL, ROBERT BURNS. 

